Faith Healers: Faith in God supercedes concern for child

My friend and fellow journalist Shelly Strom recently posted the following on true/slant:


By Shelly Strom
I attended a riveting and disturbing trial that played out in Oregon City, Ore., throughout the latter part of this month.
Two parents, Jeff and Marci Beagley, are on trial for criminally negligent homicide in the death of their son. If convicted, the Beagleys could face as much as 18 months in jail.

Marci and Jeffrey Beagley; photo The Oregonian

For the Beagleys, keeping their faith appears to be more important than anything else in their lives. It lies at the crux of big decisions—life and death, even. Their church teaches that going to a doctor shows a lack of faith. Some might even go so far as to say they and their co-congregants at Followers of Christ Church are blinded by faith.
That’s OK—until somebody gets hurt, or dies, because of beliefs held by another person. Especially when that someone is a child–as in this case, where the Beagley’s son Neil Beagley died in June 2008.
Read the rest of her post here.

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